Field hockey at the 1956 Summer Olympics
The field hockey tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics was contested from November 23 to December 6, with twelve participating teams. Only men competed in field hockey at these Games. India won the gold medal for the sixth successive Games, not allowing a single goal against in the entire tournament. Pakistan won the silver medal, and Germany won the bronze.
Participating nations
Twelve teams were seeded and placed into one of three preliminary groups of four teams each. With the unbalanced seeding, the top two teams in Group C advanced to the semi-finals, but only the top team in both Groups A and B advanced.
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Preliminary round
Group A
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- Group standings
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
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 India | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 6 |
.svg.png){kind=small} Singapore | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 |
.svg.png){kind=small} Afghanistan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 2 |
 United States | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 0 |
- India advanced to the semi-finals.
Group B
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- Group standings
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
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 Great Britain | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
 Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
 Malaya | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
 Kenya | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
- Great Britain and Australia played an additional tie-breaker match to determine the group winner.
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- Great Britain advanced to the semi-finals.
Group C
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- Group standings
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
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 Pakistan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 |
 Germany | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
 New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 |
.svg.png){kind=small} Belgium | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
- Pakistan and Germany advanced to the semi-finals.
Playoffs
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- Semi-finals
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- Bronze medal match
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- Gold medal match
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Medalists
| Gold | India |
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| Silver | Pakistan |
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| Bronze | Germany |
References
- The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVI Olympiad Melbourne 1956 (PDF). Melbourne, Australia: W.M. Houston, Government Printer. 1958. pp. 500–511. Retrieved 2008-01-29.
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-01-28.
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